North Audley is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Farmhouse.

North Audley

WRENN ID
sombre-gutter-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
North Audley, Witney Road, Longworth
OS grid reference
SP 412 002
Coordinates
51.69909, -1.40495
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

North Audley is a farmhouse dating from around 1730. It features a chequer brick front with coursed limestone rubble and brick quoins, topped by an old tile roof and brick stacks. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a symmetrical three-window facade. The entrance consists of a six-panelled door with an overlight and a flat hood supported by finely carved consoles and a panelled soffit. This door is flanked by segmental-arched three-light leaded cross windows, with timber lintels above similar first-floor windows of three lights on either side of a two-light window above the door.

There is a raised storey band and dentilled eaves, along with three gabled roof dormers that have 20th-century casements. The ends of the building display fine brick Dutch gables with tile coping, and the stacks are positioned at the junction of the front range and a double-gabled rear range, which also features tile coping. The rear includes two 18th-century two-light leaded casements and a two-light leaded cross-window in the left gable wall.

Inside, there are four-panelled doors set in moulded architraves, as well as two early 18th-century plank doors at the rear. An open fireplace is located to the right, and there is an early 18th-century dog-leg staircase with a winder in the central vestibule, featuring fine turned balusters on a closed string and a plank spandrel. The first floor has not been inspected. North Audley is a rare example of a Dutch-gabled farmhouse in this area.

Local climate

North Audley receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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